Rubber-shoe support.



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QItO'LHQvA Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

PCH. LETTRE.

RUBBER SHOE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, [918.

PHILIP n. LETTRE, 0 nonrn A'rrLnBoRo, MASSACHUSETTS.

RUBBER-SHOE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed May 1, 1918. Serial No. 231,879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. Ln'rrmi, a citizen of the United States, residin at North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Rubber-Shoe Support, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of the present invention is a rubber shoe support, and the main object of the invention is the provision of a support which will prevent the heel of a rubber shoe from slipping OH, or working up and down when in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a resilient element for retaining a rubber shoe in contact with the leather shoe, over which it is worn;

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a clip for attachment to the rubber shoe.

With the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a support constructed in accordance with the invention, a fragment of the shoe and rubber to which it is attached being shown in side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a' view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view of the support as seen from the interior of the shoes, fragments of the leather and rubber shoes being shown;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the clip before being bent to engage a rubber shoe.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference The usual shoe is indicated by the numeral 1, and a rubber shoe adapted to be worn over the shoe 1 during inclement weather is indicated by the numeral 2.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a clip adapted for attachment to a rubber shoe, and formed of a metallic plate 3, from which is struck a tongue 4, and formed with a longitudinally extending spur 5. In using this clip, the tongue 4 is bent over upon and in spaced relation to the plate 3, and the portion of the plate from which the tongue is struck is bent back upon and in spaced relation with the plate 3, thus fornnng a yoke to straddle the upper edge of a rubber shoe. The spur 5 is bent back at right angles to the plate 3 to pierce the side of the rubber shoe, and its tip bent up to engage the back turned portion of the plate 3 and so clamp the clip firmly in place upon the rubber shoe. As will be seen, when the clip is formed and in place upon the shoe, the tongue 4 provides an outwardly projecting hook or attaching member.

An attaching loop, in the form of an apertured or slotted plate 6, is adapted to receive or be looped over the hook formed by the tongue 4, and this plate 6 is attached in any suitable manner to one end of a retractile spring 7, or other resilient element suitable for this purpose. The other end of the resilient element or spring 7 has attachment in any desired manner with a hook 8 which is adapted to hook over the upper edge of a shoe 1 and so yieldingly bind the rubber 2 against accidental removal from the shoe.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claimec as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

1. A rubber shoe support, including a clip for attachment to a rubber shoe, a hook on the clip, a plate provided with a slot for engagement over the hook, a retractile spring secured to the plate, and an attaching member secured to the retractile spring and adapted for engagement with the upper edge of a shoe.

2. A rubber shoe support, including a clip for attachment to a rubber shoe and comprising, a plate bent upon itself to straddle the upper edge of a rubber shoe, a tongue struck from the plate and bent over upon the plate to provide a hook, and a s ur extending from one end of the plate or piercing the side of the rubber shoe and having its end bent to engage the other end of the plate my own, I have hereto eflixed my signature and secure the clip in place, a resilient ele- 1n the presence of two witnesses.

ment detachably engaged by the hook, and PHILIP H. LETTRE. means for attaching the resilient element to Witnesses: 5 the upper edge of a shoe. STEPHEN SrrANLEY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as FRED B. BYRAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by adldressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

